west papua province
Green katydid with a neon turquoise stripe
Deforestation in the Arfak mountains
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
Pink, orange, yellow, violet katydid with spots and green eyes
Jungle lowland rainforest reaching the coast of New Guinea
Red harvestman
River valley in the Arfak mountains
Northern Cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus)
Orange and yellow flowers
Frog shadow seen through a sunlit leaf
Schoenherr's blue weevil (Eupholus schoenherri - Curculionidae family), a spectacular blue and turquoise beetle from New Guinea
Multicolored katydid
Islands off Bird's Head, northern New Guinea
Black and yellow weevil [west-papua_6354]
Canopy tree
Rotational forest clearing for banana and other crops
Turquoise blue katydid larva [west-papua_6206]
Arrows in the hand of a Mouley
Lowland rainforest in New Guinea
Red katydid with a green head and black antennae [west-papua_0411]
Green katydid with black stripes
Fly with yellow racing stripes and red eyes
Sunlit leaves in the New Guinea rainforest
Violet grasshopper
Vogelkop Bowerbird bower with red fruit and other items to attract females
Green grasshopper with turquoise legs
Bright red-orange moth
Red katydid with a green head and black antennae [west-papua_0386]
Logging in New Guinea
Green katydid with red eyes
Black and deep orange butterfly
Metallic blue, green, and orange beetle (Catascopus sp of the Carabidae family)
Cave in a New Guinea rainforest
Brown frog with neon green and blue markings (Litoria species) [west-papua_5783]
Schoenherr's blue weevil
Litoria tree frog in New Guinea
Islands off Bird's Head, northern New Guinea [west-papua_5038]
Islands and reefs off the northern coast of New Guinea
Green, yellow, and brown grasshopper
Armed clansmen in New Guinea
Blue, green, purple, and red fly [west-papua_5656]
Frog [west-papua_6259]
Stunning orange butterfly with eyespots
Black and yellow weevil
Armed Papuans
Schoenherr's blue weevil [west-papua_0436]
Stick insect
Tree frog in New Guinea (Litoria torrent-breeding hylid)
Multicolored (red, green, yellow, orange, violet) fly
Landslide or washout in the Arfak mountains rainforest
Rainforest in the Arfak Mountains [west-papua_0616]
Spiny stick insect
Black, turquoise, yellow, orange, brown, and pink grasshopper
Frog shadow seen through a sunlit leaf [west-papua_5195]
Neon green skipper butterfly
Rainbow fly
Green fly
Blue, green, purple, and red fly
Aerial view of a jungle river delta in New Guinea
Eupholus schoenherri weevil
Red katydid with a green head and black antennae
Multicolored katydid [west-papua_0212]
Rainforest in the Arfak Mountains
Turquoise blue katydid larva
Road in the Arfak mountains
Black, turquoise, yellow, orange, brown, and pink grasshopper [west-papua_6446]
Schoenherr's blue weevil (Eupholus schoenherri - Curculionidae family), a spectacular blue and turquoise beetle from New Guinea [west-papua_0341]
Orange assassin bug
Rumah Kaki Seribu (thousand feet house), a traditional hut in the highlands of West Papua, New Guinea
Bower built by a male Vogelkop Bowerbird (Amblyornis inornatus) using blue colored objects to attract a female
Orange, white, black and yellow orb spider
Green Prasinohaemus skink eating an insect. Interesting fact: The oxygen carrying molecule in this lizard's blood is copper based, rather than iron based (hence the Latin genus name). Its blood is green.
Traditional Mouley hut in the Arfak highlands outside of Manokrawi
Eupholus schoenherri weevil, a blue-green-turquoise beetle from New Guina
Rana grisea frog in New Guinea
Bird watching guide in New Guinea
Orange-pink flower
Dumpy Tree Frog (Litoria caerulea)
Neon red and orange katydid nymph
Black-capped Lory (Lorius lory)
Aerial view of a Winding lowland rainforest river reaching the coast of New Guinea
Coral reef and forest off the northern coast of New Guinea
Blue, yellow and orange grasshopper (male) mating with a green and turquoise grasshopper (female)
Arfak cloud forest
Deforestation in the Arfak mountains [west-papua_0762]
Green grasshopper with orange eyes
Red and green katydid
Rainforest in the Arfak Mountains [west-papua_0622]
Red grasshawk dragonfly [west-papua_6089]
Green walking stick
Black, white, orange, and yellow moth
Shield bug
Stick insect in the New Guinea rainforest
Reefs and mangroves in New Guinea
Deforestation in the Arfak mountains [west-papua_0664]
Brown frog with neon green and blue markings (Litoria species)
Katydid
New Guinea rainforest
Arfak cloud forest [west-papua_0759]
Orange moth with black and yellow polkadots
Red daddylonglegs with black legs
Lowland river in West Papua
Red-eyed fly
Strange flying insect
House gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) in New Guinea
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) [west-papua_5095]
Grasshopper with a green body, blue antennae, turquoise hind legs, red front legs, and a black head
Traditional wood and bark hut build by the Mouley clan
Islands off Bird's Head, northern New Guinea [west-papua_5052]
Gecko (Gekko monarchus) in New Guinea
Tiny green spider
Mouley man near Syou [west-papua_0705]
Multicolored katydid [west-papua_0242]
Blue and turquoise beetle from New Guinea
Northern Cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus) [west-papua_5158]
Reefs and mangroves in New Guinea [west-papua_5080]
Green katydid [west-papua_6576]
Islands and reefs off the northern coast of New Guinea [west-papua_0041]
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) [west-papua_5093]
Rainforest canopy in the Arfak Mountains [west-papua_5296]
Green lizard eating an insect
Orange and gray insect
Metallic blue, green, and orange beetle (Catascopus sp of the Carabidae family) [west-papua_5962]
Coastal wetland and river mouth in West Papua
Spiny orb-weaver spider (Gasteracantha sp)
Green fly [west-papua_5352]
Red and green katydid [west-papua_6508]
Orange insect with a blue fringe
Islands off Bird's Head, northern New Guinea [west-papua_5026]
Orange and brown butterfly with eyespots and blue eyes
Magnificent Bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) [male]
Green katydid with black stripes [west-papua_5479]
Islands and reefs off the northern coast of New Guinea [west-papua_0037]
Blyth's Hornbills (Rhyticeros plicatus); local name: kokomo [west-papua_0299]
Praying mantis in the lowland rain forest of New Guinea
Rainforest in the Arfak Mountains [west-papua_0619]
Northern Cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus) [west-papua_5162]
Forest clearing in the Arfak mountains [west-papua_0768]
Tricolored Lory (Lorius lory)
Blue, green, purple, and red fly [west-papua_5646]
Neon green skipper butterfly [west-papua_5542]
Tropical forest in New Guinea
Prasinohaemus sp. skink
Islands off Bird's Head, northern New Guinea [west-papua_5039]
Aerial view of a jungle river delta in New Guinea [west-papua_5020]
Prasinohaemus sp. skink [west-papua_6411]
Deforestation outside of Manokwari
Spider [west-papua_0319]
Male and female Papuan Hornbills (Rhyticeros plicatus) in the rainforest canopy in New Guinea
Black weevil with orange legs
Stick insect [west-papua_5636]
Spiny stick insect [west-papua_6267]
Cloud forest in New Guinea [west-papua_0679]
Rainforest in the Arfak Mountains [west-papua_0618]
Red katydid with a green head
Arfak mountains
Giant praying mantis
Orange and brown butterfly
Red harvestman [west-papua_5663]
Traditional Mouley hut in the Arfak highlands outside of Manokrawi [west-papua_0551]
Fly with blue legs
Blyth's Hornbills (Rhyticeros plicatus); local name: kokomo
Spiny orb-weaver spider (Gasteracantha sp) [west-papua_5641]
Islands off Bird's Head, northern New Guinea [west-papua_5043]
Stick insect in the New Guinea rainforest [west-papua_0427]
Islands and reefs off the northern coast of New Guinea [west-papua_0058]
Orange and black butterfly
Rainforest canopy in the Arfak Mountains
Islands off Bird's Head, northern New Guinea [west-papua_5034]
Mist rising from the rainforest [west-papua_5895]
Shield bug [west-papua_6309]
Orange spider with black legs
Black and yellow weevil [west-papua_0191]
Rainforest eucalyptus in New Guinea
Landslide or washout in the Arfak mountains rainforest [west-papua_0531]
Stick insect [west-papua_6472]
Mouley man near Syou [west-papua_0703]
Islands off Bird's Head, northern New Guinea [west-papua_5041]
Multicolored katydid [west-papua_6467]
Black-capped Lory (Lorius lory) [west-papua_5145]
Yellow grasshawk dragonfly
River valley in the Arfak mountains [west-papua_0506]
Turquoise blue katydid larva [west-papua_6151]
Transpiration in the rainforest
Leaf-like moth
Forest guides in the Arfak mountains [west-papua_0813]
Brown grasshopper
Red and orange insect
Blue and turquoise beetle from New Guinea [not Eupholus bennetti]
Emergent tree in the montane forest of the Arfak mountains
Orange moth with black and yellow polkadots [west-papua_5581]
Green katydid [west-papua_5907]
Red katydid with a green head and black antennae [west-papua_0409]
Orange leaf on a fern in New Guinea
Islands and reefs off the northern coast of New Guinea [west-papua_0053]
Rotational forest clearing for banana and other crops [west-papua_0560]
Leaf-like moth [west-papua_5739]
Deforestation near Mokwam, West Papua
Lowland rainforest in New Guinea [west-papua_0928]
Red grasshawk dragonfly [west-papua_6093]
Spider [west-papua_6252]
Bufo melanostictus, a terribly invasive alien species introduced to various parts of Papua, beginning with Manokwari, from western Indonesia
Looking across Manokwari Bay at the rainforests of the Arfak Mountains
Islands off Bird's Head, northern New Guinea [west-papua_5056]
Cicada in New Guinea
Mottled green katydid
Aerial view of a Winding jungle river reaching the coast of New Guinea
Black-capped Lory (Lorius lory) [west-papua_5147]
Pile of logs in the New Guinea rainforest [west-papua_0918]
Cave in a New Guinea rainforest [west-papua_0974]
Metallic blue, green, and orange beetle (Catascopus sp of the Carabidae family) [west-papua_5948]
River valley in the Arfak mountains [west-papua_0524]
Orange, yellow, and black caterpillar
Orange and brown cricket
Waterfall-climbing tadpole
Black, yellow, and maroon spiny orb-weaver spider (Gasteracantha sp)
Cabin in the Arfak mountains
Red, orange, turquoise, green, and blue katydid nymph [west-papua_0418]
Stink bug in New Guinea
Black, turquoise, yellow, orange, brown, and pink grasshopper [west-papua_6440]
Metallic blue, green, and orange beetle (Catascopus sp of the Carabidae family) [west-papua_5944]
Orange wasp
Green mantis
Mist rising from the rainforest
Deforestation in the Arfak mountains [west-papua_0580]
Lowland jungle in New Guinea [west-papua_0945]
Multicolored shield bug
Spotted tree frog in New Guinea (Litoria species) [west-papua_5777]
Mouley man collecting pitcher plants
Schoenherr's blue weevil (Eupholus schoenherri - Curculionidae family)
Red katydid with a green head and black antennae [west-papua_0384]
Cloud forest in New Guinea [west-papua_0680]
Reefs and mangroves in New Guinea [west-papua_5075]
Red, orange, turquoise, green, and blue katydid nymph
Coral reef and forest off the northern coast of New Guinea [west-papua_0077]
Lowland jungle in New Guinea
Butterfly feeding on flowers
Tricolored Lory (Lorius lory) [west-papua_5120]
Vogelkop Bowerbird bower with red fruit and other items to attract females [west-papua_0742]
Green katydid with a neon turquoise stripe [west-papua_1062]
Black and red beetle
Green unicorn caterpillar
Green katydid with red eyes [west-papua_5787]
Red, black, and white butterfly in New Guinea
Orange assassin bug [west-papua_6452]
Reefs and mangroves in New Guinea [west-papua_5085]
Black-capped Lory (Lorius lory) [west-papua_5097]
Blue, green, purple, and red fly [west-papua_5649]
Strange flying insect [west-papua_5389]
Armed Papuans [west-papua_0714]
Mating flies
Green and brown katydid
Birdwatching guide in the forest of the Arfak Mountains
Swidden agriculture in New Guinea
Lizard in New Guinea
Deforestation in the Arfak mountains [west-papua_0578]
Grasshopper
Pink, orange, yellow, violet katydid with spots and green eyes [west-papua_0174]
Multicolored katydid [west-papua_0234]
Syou village
Black and neon green leafhopper
Islands and reefs off the northern coast of New Guinea [west-papua_0049]
Orange, turquoise, black, and white insects mating
Mouley family in Syou
Spotted tree frog in New Guinea (Litoria species)
House gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus) in New Guinea [west-papua_6603]
Forest guides in the Arfak mountains
Armed Papuan men
Black, white, orange, and yellow moth [west-papua_5715]
Blue, green, purple, and red fly [west-papua_5655]
Orange and yellow flowers [west-papua_5313]
Deforestation in the Arfak mountains [west-papua_0639]
Green caterpillar with dark brown markings and yellow horns
Red katydid with a green head and black antennae [west-papua_0408]
Bright red-orange moth [west-papua_5983]
New Guinea rain forest canopy
Green spider with bright orange markings
Black and yellow weevil [west-papua_0188]
Katydid [west-papua_5973]
Small gray toad in New Guinea
Unknown lizard
Blue, yellow and orange grasshopper (male) mating with a green and turquoise grasshopper (female) [west-papua_0397]
Forest clearing in the Arfak mountains [west-papua_0547]
Yellow grasshawk dragonfly [west-papua_6110]
Black, turquoise, yellow, orange, brown, and pink grasshopper [west-papua_6433]
Pink, orange, yellow, violet katydid with spots and green eyes [west-papua_0179]
Bird-nest fern
Vogelkop Bowerbird bower with red fruit and other items to attract females [west-papua_0752]
Forest clearing in the Arfak mountains
Brown frog with neon green and blue markings (Litoria species) [west-papua_5785]
Red katydid with a green head and black antennae [west-papua_0402]
Orange wasp [west-papua_0205]
Green grasshopper with red eyes
Cloud forest in New Guinea
Vogelkop Bowerbird bower with red fruit and other items to attract females [west-papua_0748]
Mouley man near Syou
Beige grasshopper
Magnificent Birds-of-paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) [male and females in courtship dance at lek]
Traditional hut in the Arfak mountains
Black, orange, and turquoise stink bug